The Delight of Short Chapters
That is why I want to use short chapters, each with verselike heading, and very many such chapters; slowly, deeply, moodily unfolding the moody story and its long outreaching voyage into strange space. And to…
Opening up Minds
Tariq Ali on Hugo Chavez: I remember sitting next to an elderly, modestly attired woman at one of his public rallies. She questioned me about him. What did I think? Was he doing well? Did…
This and That
Just heard from an attorney in Jerusalem that my book Elie Wiesel and The Politics of Moral Leadership Is in the Israeli National Library I hope it also carries Hedy Epstein’s Erinnern Ist Nicht Genug
Why Gandhi Was Cheerful
1. You spend all this time Preparing for the event, the party, the action Texts, Twitter Phone calls, Facebook Your excitement builds “This is gonna be great!” Instead of the huge number of people you…
The Power of a Photograph/The Power of Darshan
In the last couple of years I’ve read whatever books I could get my hands on Whose subject is Sri Anandamayi Ma (Her parents gave her the name Nirmala Sundari Which means “One of Taintless…
Ann Manganaro, El Salvador, 1993
Ann said to Mev “In the middle of a war There are many times When you feel God is more absent than present And yet, there are always Moments of grace and revelation When you…
Bhagavad Gita Reading Group/2
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Monday 11 March 2013 6:30 p.m. Meditation 20 m. Recitation Chapter 2, verses 55-71. Paired Discussion 15 m. Consider the following: What is the most relevant part of this chapter to…
Remembering Ann Manganaro
Ann Manganaro was a Sister of Loretto, co-founder of Karen Catholic Worker House, and physician who worked in El Salvador in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She died in June 1993. For our next…
Happy Every Day
I take both grace and insult With cheerful equanimity — Du Fu Dear Wendy, Congrats on your decision to move to China and, as Kerouac advised, be in love with your Shanghai life. I marvel…